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不
bù
1. (negative prefix)
2. not
3. no
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

Example Sentences (10)

我喜欢历史课、体育课,不喜欢数学课。
Wǒ xǐhuan lìshǐ kè, tǐyù kè, bù xǐhuan shùxué kè.
I like history class and PE class, but I don't like math class.
Text 2
你怎么有点儿不高兴?
Nǐ zěnme yǒu diǎnr bù gāoxìng?
Why are you a little unhappy?
Text 3
我不喜欢一直住在一个城市,想去其他城市看一看。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan yìzhí zhù zài yí gè chéngshì, xiǎng qù qítā chéngshì kàn yí kàn.
I don't like living in one city all the time; I want to go see other cities.
Text 1
人们常说“一分钱一分货”,意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系,也可以说“便宜没好货,好货不便宜”,一般情况下,你花的钱越多,买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
你在忙什么呢?刚才打你的手机你也不接。
Nǐ zài máng shénme ne? Gāngcái dǎ nǐ de shǒujī nǐ yě bù jiē.
What are you doing? I just called your cell phone and you didn't answer.
Text 2
怎么又买了这么多饼干和巧克力?难道你不减肥了?
Zěnme yòu mǎi le zhème duō bǐnggān hé qiǎokèlì? Nándào nǐ bù jiǎnféi le?
Why did you buy so many cookies and chocolate again? Aren't you dieting anymore?
Text 1
服务员,我房间的门打不开了。
Fúwùyuán, wǒ fángjiān de mén dǎ bù kāi le.
Excuse me, the door to my room won't open.
Text 3
客人就要来了,你怎么还不打扫房间啊?
Kè rén jiù yào lái le, nǐ zěnme hái bù dǎsǎo fángjiān a?
The guests are about to arrive—why haven't you cleaned the room yet?
Text 1
不仅社会上的人与人之间有竞争,森林里的各种植物之间也有竞争,这一点儿也不奇怪。
Bùjǐn shèhuì shàng de rén yǔ rén zhījiān yǒu jìngzhēng, sēnlín lǐ de gè zhǒng zhíwù zhījiān yě yǒu jìngzhēng, zhè yìdiǎnr yě bù qíguài.
Not only is there competition between people in society, there is also competition among the various plants in the forest. This is not strange at all.
Text 4
前边说话的那个人就是我的汉语老师。你可能不认识她。
Qiánbian shuōhuà de nà ge rén jiù shì wǒ de Hànyǔ lǎoshī. Nǐ kěnéng bú rènshi tā.
The person speaking in front is my Chinese teacher. You might not know her.
Text 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
3
Word Frequency Rank
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